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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All of you clinging dearly onto this false notion that anything but a 4.0 unweighted GPA in this grade inflated world is an irrecoverable disaster are missing the mark.

Unless the grade somehow disqualifies the student from the progression of courses needed to graduate, a single F in a sea of As drags the student’s GPA down to a 3.93 …

It’s not a good thing, obviously. But this application season, the T20 schools will collectively accept at least 15,000 students with unweighted GPAs at or below that level.

And no, not all of them have hooks. In fact, the common denominator is that most of then applied with very high test scores.

If this particular student has other major potholes in their academic record or can’t score highly on the ACT/SAT, then the T20 is probably unattainable. But the test optional folks here who think their children with a 4.00 unweighted GPA but no test score to be found are not being second guessed by T20 schools who are not test blind - you are delusional. They know why your child isn’t submitting a test score, and in almost all cases, it has nothing to do with the pandemic, costs, availability, etc.[/quote]

The schools are not only considering the final GPA. They do notice an F, and it might even be a disqualifier, even with every other grade an A. (And as another poster said, this type of class is foundational for the rest of high school math. It doesn't seem likely that a student will magically bounce back and get straight A's after not understanding Algebra 2.)[/quote]

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